Top sports programs of the week

Here are the most watched sports TV programs for the previous week, according to The Nielsen Co.:

Top Sports Telecasts from Nov. 14-20, 2011

Network

Date

Start time

Program

Viewers

CBS

Nov. 20

4:24 p.m.

NFL: Various teams and times

21,462,114

NBC

Nov. 20

8:32 p.m.

Sunday Night Football: Eagles-Giants

20,305,489

Fox

Nov. 20

1:03 p.m.

NFL: Various teams and times

20,024,986

ESPN

Nov. 14

8:30 p.m.

Monday Night Football: Vikings-Packers

14,188,018

CBS

Nov. 20

1:03 p.m.

NFL: Various teams and times

10,752,111

NBC

Nov. 20

7:58 p.m.

Football Night In America Part 3

10,353,003

ABC

Nov. 19

8:07 p.m.

College football: USC-Oregon/Oklahoma-Baylor

9,744,108

NBC

Nov. 20

7:30 p.m.

Football Night In America Part 2

7,726,404

NFLN

Nov. 17

8:30 p.m.

NFL: Jets-Broncos

7,049,751

ESPN

Nov. 20

3 p.m.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Ford 400

6,799,461

All times Eastern.

The rankings are based on Live + Same Day average audience estimates for all sports telecasts airing between Nov. 14-20, 2011, excluding those that were less than 15 minutes long. The rankings exclude professional wrestling telecasts and Ultimate Fighting (MMA) telecasts.

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